here it goes: I live in rural central california (the valley). I live about three miles from the city (chowchilla), and about 2 miles from the phone company's main office in town. I have been very eager to have a DSL connection the last five years, and the city has been growing rapidly the past few years as well. Even about a year ago, SBC Pacific Bell (now ATT), had installed fiberoptic cables along my road (I live on a major county road). I have tryed checking availability for Att yahoo DSL via-online, but it always says its not avail. in my area. Although, when I check other broadband sites that check availability, it says DSL is available in my area. I'm thinking that since my number is out of the city (only about 2 miles), ATT just takes my number off the list (or has an old database). I'm going to finally call the phone company tomorrow, and see if I'm in the range for DSL. So FINALLY heres my question: Do you think DSL is in my area?? I have close to 10 machines in the house (powered by a windows 2k server), and using VPN, updates, etc. takes forever over dial-up....I need an update to my network soon! I cant stand Dial up any more!
2007-03-11 21:26:45 · 2 answers · asked by murphjames@sbcglobal.net 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Because of the Federal regulations involved with DSL, it only matters if the phone company thinks you have DSL in your area. If you're just 1 foot too far from the "DSLAM" they will not give you DSL access because the regulations technically say they can't.
2007-03-11 23:20:17 · answer #1 · answered by David S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does the cable company offer Internet service?
2007-03-12 04:39:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋